Open Source Software Could Get Microscopes Speaking the Same Language

Nature

Researchers in the U.K., the U.S., and Germany are working to standardize image formats for biological microscopy data through an open source specification. The project melds the development of the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) with the generic Zarr method for storing and accessing large data arrays in the cloud. Zarr splits the arrays into chunks that can be compressed to retain all the information while still enabling fast reading of, and writing to, files. The format stores neighboring pixels in the same chunk so they all arrive together when downloaded. This year saw the launch of the OME-Zarr data storage platform, and researchers at Seattle’s Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics are using it to power the expansion-assisted selective plane illumination microscopy system.

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Nature (10/02/23) Michael Brooks
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